GC3B1PM Dinosaur Train Geocache: Hadrosaurus (Traditional Cache) in New Jersey, United States created by Chinster

This cache has been archived.

OReviewer: From the Northern Region Office, New Jersey State Parks Department:

Over a year ago New Jersey enacted a policy that all geocachers must obtain a permit to have their cache on State Park property. We have informed all geocaching host that this is their responsibility and have given them ample time to go about getting their permits. At this time, over a year later, there are still several caches that haven’t complied.

We ask that as the land managers for the attached properties we would like to have these illegal caches removed.

Based on the list provided by the state, I am forced to archive this listing. If you have a permit, get a permit or don't believe your cache is on state park/forest land, please contact me via email. Make sure you include the GC code.

If you don't plan to get a permit, please remove your geocache so it doesn't become geo-trash.

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A cache by Chinster Message this owner

Hidden : 2/8/2012

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Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Dinosaur Train Geocache: Hadrosaurus

Hadrosaurus is simultaneously a very important and a very obscure dinosaur. It was the first near-complete dinosaur skeleton ever to be discovered in North America (in 1858, in Haddonfield, New Jersey), and it gave its name to a populous class of herbivores--the hadrosaurs, or duck-billed dinosaurs. Celebrating this history, New Jersey named Hadrosaurus its official state dinosaur in 1991.

However, as far as duck-billed dinosaurs are concerned, Hadrosaurus itself occupies the far fringes of paleontology. To date, no one has discovered this dinosaur's skull, so recreations are based on the skulls of similar genera, such as Gryposaurus. Also, Hadrosaurus appears to be the only member of its genus, prompting some paleontologists to speculate that it may really be a species (or specimen) of another genus of hadrosaur.

Hadrosaurus lived in what is now New Jersey, in the late Cretaceous period. It was likely bipedal for the purposes of running, but could use its forelegs to support itself while grazing—like all hadrosaurids, Hadrosaurus was herbivorous. Its teeth suggest it ate twigs and leaves.

"Go outside, get into nature and make your own discoveries!" That is what Dr. Scott challenges his viewers to do at the end of each Dinosaur Train episode.

What is your favorite dinosaur? Be sure to tell us when signing the logbook!

For more information on this educational outreach initiative please visit the Dinosaur Train Geocaching.com Page

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